10 September 2008

The Company announces that at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today, all the resolutions proposed were duly passed and the votes cast are detailed here and in the Investor Relations part of the site 

Proxy votes were as follows:
 
Resolution
Votes For
Votes Against
Votes Withheld
1. Receive Report & Accounts
508,458,165
424,051
538,564
2. Approve Directors’ Remuneration Report
508,616,408
622,269
182,103
3. Declare dividend of 2.44p
509,351,981
68,799
0
4. Re- elect Dave Forsey
508,728,427
276,302
416,051
5. Re-elect Malcolm Dalgleish
509,228,869
191,911
0
6. Re-elect Dave Singleton
509,229,886
190,894
0
7. Re-appoint Grant Thornton UK LLP
508,795,835
198,394
426,551
8. Authorise directors to determine auditor  remuneration
509,228,225
192,055
500
9. Authority to allot shares
509,407,119
13,661
0
10 .Dis-apply pre-emption rights
509,404,119
16,661
0
11. Purchase own shares
509,415,119
5,661
0
12. Adopt new Articles of Association
509,170,458
248,305
2,017
13. Make political donations
509,395,408
24,419
953